Device for securing cows&#39; tails while milking.



PATENT-ED NOV. 10, 1908.

' J. BADGEROW. DEVICE FOR SECURING COWS TAILS WHILE MILKING.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4, 1903.

H0 MODEL.

a E W/ rll UNITED STATES Patented November 10, I903.

PATENT OFFICE.

DEVICE FOR SECURING COWS TAILS WHILE MlLKlNG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743,671, dated November 10, 1903.

Application filed September 4, 1903. Serial No. 171,978. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JUSTIN BAoGERow, a

citizen of the United States, residing in Lakeville township, in the county of Dickinson and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Securing Cows Tails While Milking; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying draw ings, and thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in devices for use in holding or securing a cows tail while milklng.

The invention has for its object the provision of a simple, expedient, and practical device of this character cows tail may be quickly and easily secured,

and the milker will be thus protected from.

annoyance occasioned by the switching of the tail while the cow is being milked.

To this end and to such others as the invention may pertain the same consists in the peculiar construction of the device, which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which drawings- Figure l is a perspective view of the device as it appears when in use in securing the cows tail to the hind leg of the animal. [Fig 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the de- 40 vice, and Fig. 3 is a central vertical section.

to the letters of reference marked by the use of which the Reference now being had to the drawings by letter, A designates a block of wood or other suitable material, provided with a conical opening 13, as shown.

C is a plug or pin of tapering form to adapt it to be fitted within the opening 13 of the block A. This pin or plug 0 is provided at its smaller end with a notch D.

In applying the device for use some of the hairs of the extreme end of the tail of the cow are divided and passed around a leg of the animal, the ends being brought together and are placed within the notch D oi the plug 0, and the plug is then forced into the opening B of the block A, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, thus serving to hold the tail securely against the leg of the animal. When it is desired to release the tail, it is simply necessary to remove the plug, as will be readily understood.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters latent, is

1. A device for securing a cows tail while milking, the same consisting of a block having a conical opening, in combination with a tapering pin or plug adapted to engage the tail and hold the same within the opening of the block, as shown and described.

2. In a device substantially as described, a block provided with a conical opening in combination with a tapering pin or block provided at its smaller end with a notch, as shown and described. 7 V

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JUSTIN BADGEROW.

Witnesses:

G. R. BADGEROW, P. .I. Bnnenaow. 

